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There are massive distributed solar deployments (eg. people putting cheap solar panels on their roofs, often backed by batteries) happening right now, those sho
by m4rtink 4mo ago
There are massive distributed solar deployments (eg. people putting cheap solar panels on their roofs, often backed by batteries) happening right now, those should help offset AC demands quite nicely.
- bob1029 4mo agoThe problem with solar (at least in Texas) is that the buildings store heat long enough that the peak of the HVAC demand curve coincides with when solar begins to taper off really hard. 5-6pm is when maximum HVAC demand occurs around here.
- robocat 4mo agoI would guess once there's enough solar generation installed, it would push prices low enough to make it worth decreasing stored heat by precooling
- bob1029 4mo agoVariable electricity rates are the best way to encourage the user base to actually do this. I was on Griddy for 2 years and had a system where I'd run my AC hard up until 4pm and then I'd set it to 78F until the rates came back down. Unfortunately these schemes were made illegal for the consumer segment in Texas because most people are complete dumbasses and need to be pandered to politically when anything unexpected happens to them (2021 winter power crisis).
- fragmede 4mo agoWhich were the people that were "dumbasses" in that situation, and why?